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How to restore a notebook closed in Outline

If you have accidentally closed the notebook in Outline, most of the times it is pretty easy to open it again.

Please note: if you close the local notebook in iPad Outline, it will be lost, make sure you have the backups enabled when working with local notebooks on iPad.

How to restore local notebooks closed in Outline

(Local notebook is the notebook initially created in Outline with "+" button > Create notebook.You can also have the cloud synced notebooks, such notebooks are located on the cloud storage and Outline open their local copies. Cloud synced notebooks can always be opened from the cloud, even from other device.)
A local notebook is created on your device and stored in your Mac folders or your iPad Outline. You can check the location of your notebook double-tapping the notebook's cover > Properties > Location on iPad:

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Or right-clicking on the notebook's cover > Properties > Location on Mac:

Please note that apart from your Mac, iPad doesn't keep the copies of local notebooks in its system. Your local notebook will be lost once deleted from your Outline for iPad.

a) How to restore your local notebook on Mac:

- Search for the notebook location.

Default option for newly created local notebook is Documents folder (Finder > Documents).
In case the notebook was saved in other folder, please use the search to locate it on your Mac.

- Open notebook in Outline:

After finding the location of the notebook, click the "+" button > Open from Local, Dropbox
or Box > open the notebook folder from the location where you have found it.

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b) How to restore your local notebook on iPad:

As iPad doesn't have its own space for storing the documents, the local notebook deleted from Outline will be lost unless backed up. Please see the Restore from backup.

To prevent the loss of information in local notebooks on iPad, please make sure your notebooks get backed up regularly. To set the backup go to Settings > Backups > Enable backup. You can also set the frequency of backup and back up manually with "Backup now" option.

How to restore a cloud storage notebook closed in Outline

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Syncing notebook to a cloud storage means that the notebook's original copy is located in the cloud (iCloud, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, SharePoint, or WebDAV). When opening such notebooks in Outline the local copy of the notebook is created in the app. In this case closing the notebook means that the local copy of the notebook is no longer present in Outline but the original copy is still in the cloud. When closing the cloud located notebook make sure all the changes are saved, i.e. the notebook's finished syncing.

- Opening the cloud located notebook in Outline:

1. Tap / click the "+" button at the top of the notebooks list;

2. Open from: iCloud / OneDrive / Box / Dropbox / SharePoint / WebDAV

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You can move local notebooks to cloud storage to prevent the loss of information: